Barry and Michelle Waines, from Easterside, slipped on their skates for a romantic twirl around Christmas Ice Magic, Middlesbrough's outdoor ice rink at Victoria Square.

The happy couple, who tied the knot at Middlesbrough Registry Office on Saturday, were still clad in their wedding finery - a silk wedding gown for Michelle and a suit for Barry - when they took to the ice.

Staff at the rink presented the pair with a bottle of bubbly to celebrate their union.

Barry, 31, said: "I proposed to Michelle on Christmas Day last year - this was the closest we could get to a Christmas wedding.

"We just thought let's go for it, it's something different."

Michelle, 29, was once a keen ice skater but the last time the couple took to the ice together was at the rink at Victoria Gardens to celebrate the Millennium.

Ice rink staff worked for two hours to clear four inches of snow from the ice rink in time for the couple's arrival.

Michelle, who works as a clerk typist, said: "It wasn't as cold as I thought it would be, and this is something we will always remember."